Bezmiara Kadın

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In this Ottoman Turkish style name, the given name is Bezmiara, the title is Kadın, and there is no family name.
Bezmiara Kadın
BornCircassia
Spouse
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(m. 1847; div. 1859)​
Tevfik Pasha
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(m. 1859, divorced)​
Ahmed Bey
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(divorced)​
Issue
  • Mükbile Sultan
  • Emine Cavidan Hanım
Names
Turkish: Bezmiara Kadın
Ottoman Turkish: بزم آرا قادین
HouseOttoman (by marriage)
MotherFatma Zehra Hanım aka Misirli Hanim (adoptive)
ReligionSunni Islam

Bezmiara Kadın[a] (Ottoman Turkish: بزم آرا قادین; fl. 1847 — 1872) was the thirteenth wife of Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire.

Early life[]

Of Circassian origin, Bezmiara Kadın was the adoptive daughter of Fatma Zehra Hanım known as "Mısırlı Hanım," the daughter of Mehmed Arif Pasha, and granddaughter of grand vizier Halil Hamid Pasha.[1] She was the wife of Ismail Kamil Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali of Egypt,[2][3][4] After Ismail Pasha's death she moved to Istanbul,[2] and settled in Halil Hamid Pasha's palace located in Akıntıburnu.[1]

First marriage[]

One day, when Abdulmejid was in his twenties, he visited Mısırlı Hanım. Here he saw Bezmiara, and fell in love with her. He asked her hand in marriage, but Bezmiara flatly refused. However, she soon consented to his proposal.[5] The marriage took place in 1847,[6][7] and she was given the title of "Fifth Ikbal".

In 1848, she was elevated to the title of "Fourth Ikbal". On 22 February 1850, she gave birth to her only child, a daughter, Mükbile Sultan in the Çırağan Palace, who died at the age of two months.[8] In the same year she was elevated to the title of "Third Ikbal". In 1853, she was elevated to the title of "Senior Ikbal",[9] and in 1854 to the title of "Sixth Kadın".[2]

Abdulmejid not only loved Bezmiara but esteemed her. He even placed a son of his in her care, a boy of about seven years old, who had lost his mother. However, she saw the prince an obstacle, and didn't treated him well. When Abdulmejid came to know about this, he had her moved to a pleasant galley which he had presented to her. Here she formed an intimate relationship with a certain Tevfik Pasha.[10][11]

Second marriage[]

Bezmiara divorced Abdulmejid and married Tevfik Pasha on 2 June 1859.[12] When Sultan Abdulaziz ascended the throne after the death of his brother in 1861, he relocated Tevfik and Bezmiara to Bursa. The two divorced soon after, and Tevfik was put to death[13] in 1865.[14]

Third marriage[]

After her divorce, Bezmiara married the director of Bursa Awqaf, Uzun Ahmed Bey. She returned to Istanbul, where she had a troubled life.[13][15] The couple had a daughter named Emine Cavidan Hanım born on 28 October 1872 in Istanbul,[16] after whose birth they separated.[17]

Cavidan married Abdulmejid and Serfiraz Hanım's son, Şehzade Selim Süleyman in 1886.[16][13] After the two divorced, she married Prince Hüseyin Bey of Egypt on 2 February 1891, and after his death in 1898, she married Osman Pasha.[17]

Issue[]

Name Birth Death Notes
By Abdulmejid I
Mükbile Sultan 22 February 1850[8][18] 21 March 1850[8][18] born in Çırağan Palace, died in infancy, and buried in New Mosque
By Tevfik Pasha
no issue
By Uzun Ahmed Bey
Emine Cavidan Hanım 28 October 1872[16] N/A married thrice, and had issue

In literature[]

  • Bezmiara is a character in Hıfzı Topuz's historical novel Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman (2009).[19]

See also[]

Annotations[]

  1. ^
    She is also called Bezmican,[2] and Bezmi.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Muradoğlu, Abdullah (2001). Reformun Dervişleri. Bakış. p. 76.
  2. ^ a b c d Uluçay 2011, p. 210.
  3. ^ a b Hanim 1872, p. 47.
  4. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 591.
  5. ^ Hanim 1872, p. 48.
  6. ^ İrtem, Süleyman Kâni; Kocahanoğlu, Osman S. (2003). Bilinmeyen Abdülhamid. Temel. p. 127. ISBN 978-9-754-10060-0.
  7. ^ Arslan, Mehmet (2008). Osmanlı saray düğünleri ve şenlikleri: Manzum sûrnâmeler. Sarayburnu Kitaplığı. p. 329. ISBN 978-9-944-90563-3.
  8. ^ a b c Uluçay 2011, p. 227.
  9. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 212 n. 24.
  10. ^ Hanim 1872, p. 48-50.
  11. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 593.
  12. ^ Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 593-4.
  13. ^ a b c Sakaoğlu 2008, p. 594.
  14. ^ Haskan, Mehmet Nermi (2001). Yüzyıllar boyunca Üsküdar - Volume 2. Üsküdar Belediyesi. p. 709. ISBN 978-9-759-76062-5.
  15. ^ Uluçay 2011, p. 211.
  16. ^ a b c Adra, Jamil (2005). Genealogy of the Imperial Ottoman Family 2005. pp. 12.
  17. ^ a b Burak, Ertuğrul (November 8, 2011). Cariyeler Saltanatı. artcivic. ISBN 978-6-054-33716-3.
  18. ^ a b Paşa 1960, p. 145.
  19. ^ Hıfzı Topuz (2009). Abdülmecit: İmparatorluk Çökerken Sarayda 22 Yıl: Roman. Remzi Kitabevi. p. 102. ISBN 978-975-14-1357-4.

Sources[]

  • Hanim, Melek (1872). Thirty years in the harem: or, The autobiography of Melek-Hanum, wife of H.H. Kibrizli-Mehemet-Pasha.
  • Uluçay, M. Çağatay (2011). Padişahların kadınları ve kızları. Ötüken. ISBN 978-9-754-37840-5.
  • Sakaoğlu, Necdet (2008). Bu Mülkün Kadın Sultanları: Vâlide Sultanlar, Hâtunlar, Hasekiler, Kandınefendiler, Sultanefendiler. Oğlak Yayıncılık. ISBN 978-6-051-71079-2.
  • Paşa, Ahmed Cevdet (1960). Tezâkir. [2]. 13 - 20, Volume 2. Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi.
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